I play on Kindle Fire. I play games for some fun, but seems like I am more likely to be disappointed lately. Makes me wonder if I love punishment and need counseling or something.
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I play on Kindle Fire. I play games for some fun, but seems like I am more likely to be disappointed lately. Makes me wonder if I love punishment and need counseling or something.
Dragon Story: Valentine's got an update. I haven't downloaded it yet.
Downloaded it. There doesn't seem to be many changes. The light tab is still missing, they seem to have made an attempt to fix the problem with moving around the island, but the loading time was MUCH faster. :) Not sure if they fixed the problem with not being able to accept neighbors.
I know this is off topic, but I feel like a kid on Christmas morning. I just ordered a Galaxy Note 2 to replace my Samsung Exhibit 2. That's a major upgrade and I'm so excited I had to tell someone. If only I hadn't refused faster shipping than ground! I will probably be kicking myself for that when my patience runs out.. Likely by Tuesday! I'm hoping I won't crash anymore when visiting the heavily decorated neighbors anymore. Something about the lights brings exhibit to a crawl. Anyway, I'm done now. :-)
About the update.. I think did load a lot faster. Moving around is less painful on my island, haven't checked others yet.
Wow major typo...
Should say "It did load faster...."
:o It wasn't my intention to make anyone feel bad in regards to my update decisions on my iOS device and I am sorry if that is what it came across as that.
I choose what I choose of my own free will and there are many reasons I choose what I choose and besides 'staying on more equal grounding with my Android neighbors', it is also a way for me to make a statement and silently vocalize my decision and thoughts to the development team. :)
That said, I wanted to take a moment to see if I can explain further why I chose what I chose.
As I mentioned previously, I started on an old secondhand previously loved and used iOS device and given how expensive ANY 'smart' devices are, I was just happy to have it, period. Generally speaking, I am the sort of person who tries to get as much use out of things as possible - previously used or not - and the old iOS device was no exception.
Dragon Story was available for my device - my device had been able to update the OS to JUST the right version to allow it - but... like many Android and Kindle users, I experienced major problems in playability. Game closing on its own, unable to visit neighbors, game closing when neighbors were visiting or gifting, etc. Basically, I wasn't getting the 'full experience' of Dragon Story and at one point, it didn't even matter what updates were pushed out because with all those problems happening, I couldn't fully enjoy the game anyhow.
My device was too old, but my device was also what it was and I wasn't able to upgrade to any other similar device of any OS because... well. Expensive is expensive and I had/have other things to pay for aside from things to entertain me. That, and the older device played other things quite well indeed and the PDA aspect of it was still fully functional, so... why toss out something that still works, right?
That said, I played DS on that device for 3 months or so (last two months of use being the most heavy) and simply made do but as some of you have shared experiences of, I kept getting frustrated that though my older device was/is supported, I couldn't fully enjoy it and one of my feedback to the team was that as a player, I would rather experience a FULLY SUPPORTED game rather than one that seemed to be less supported.
It isn't very fun to get into a game, pay money towards it... and then be unable to fully enjoy it because your game is 'different'... and this applies - in my opinion - to both actual gameplay differences (like my experience on an old iOS device) and game feature differences (like on Android and Kindle) owing to either age of devices or type of devices.
Some of you have expressed that it can feel like everything is stacked against people who own 'cheaper' devices (and a lot of Android products really are more affordable than similar iOS products) and because of my experience owning an older iOS device that I couldn't upgrade in any way, shape, or form, I 'got that' and continue to 'get that'.
I definitely don't believe that the developers would do such a thing as that, but I can definitely understand how it can perhaps feel that way... if only because I kind of felt that way myself at one point while I was in the middle of struggling to even keep my DS game open long enough for me to breed and feed my Dragons... much less visit my neighbors!
Like sollia, I managed to get an updated iPod Touch 5th Generation as a Christmas present (and from the same person who so generously gave me their older iOS device to play with no less!) and so I can now finally fully enjoy all the features if I wanted to...
But out of my own free will, I choose not to at this current point in time.
This isn't a self-denial sort of thing or anything about trying to somehow get back at people for what they've said about iOS players or anything like that (and YES, I totally understand the frustration that would build up and explode - I exploded myself while I struggled to play my own game on an older device, too, and ranted plenty about how I felt that the gameplay was stacked in favor of Android! LOL).
Rather, I simply remember what I myself have experienced and though I continue to support the game both freely and by buying some Gold, I also use my island as a silent statement that 1) as an iOS user (and a paying one at that), I -honestly- DON'T mind waiting (alongside my Android neighbors!), 2) older and less supported devices regardless of OS can have problems with game playability, 3) though getting a new device can definitely be an answer, not everyone has that kind of money at hand to do so, 4) if I were to swap to an Android device, I would want to have the same game as I would have on my iOS device.
Especially in regards to the last statement, if I were to swap to an Android device and if I had done all the New Dawn goals and gotten the boosts and gotten the Trading and Crafting... I would NOT be happy to lose the features.
And aside from all those things, I kind of got used to my older device and I'm also nowhere near the ability to raise enough Epic Dragons to warrant the whole New Dawn coin boost thing, too!
So, really. I simply DON'T mind waiting and I'm hoping that when I'm 'ready' to implement all the new features available to me that they will be available to the Android users as well (and hopefully Kindle, too!). :)
All that said, despite my feelings related to having a different game experience from what the actual game should be/was intended to be, I want to reiterate that I truly believe Team Lava IS trying their hardest to get things done and the reason I say that is based on my observations of game differences in switching devices.
When I was on my older device, my Dragons weren't flying and my waterfalls had no moving water and my islands - save for the habitats when people visited - had minimal to no animated effects whatsoever. I was also less able to zoom in as much as I am now and animations and even sounds on a whole were simpler. On my new device, my Dragons fly, my water flows, sparkles are everywhere, and even the sounds are different!
What does this mean?
This means that my older device had a game that was specifically optimized for being played on older devices (or maybe even different devices) while my newer device has a game that is running probably as close as it was meant to be run.
In turn, this means that Team Lava knows and knew of the differences between two of even the SAME family of device and consequently, tweaked the game accordingly for each and it is for this reason that I honestly and truly believe that Team Lava WILL come through for Android and Kindle and that they ARE seriously trying.
They could have simply NOT allowed the game to be played on my older device, but instead, they allowed it and accommodated for it and in this same way, they will find their way to push the same things out for everyone if at all possible.
That said, though I experienced much frustration with playing DS on my older iOS device, I am also grateful that I was given a chance to play DS in the first place. :)
updated to the latest version of the Valentines edition that came out yesterday on my Android tablet, but the scrolling/panning issues still remain :-(
I'm not having any scrolling issues, but half my habitats have disappeared. All of my white, pink, and passion habitats are gone, as well as my farms, and the Bitter Barks I still needed to clear. I can collect from the habitats, plant at the farms, and clear the trees but they've just disappeared altogether. Pretty annoying.
Still nothing for Kindle?????
Dear TL! Could you please give us ( Android/Kindle) an estimate time of the Trading/crafting update. Currently I have no more space, I sold so many rare/super rare duplicate dragons and diamond habitats to make room for new dragons. I really don't want to sell my rare/sup rare dragons for 100 coins but I have no choice. So could u please let us know if it worth to wait for the trading feature and stop breeding new dragons for now.